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PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.045.04 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a passing loop from main traffic as well as a spur for work cars and one frieght unloading loop (a box car on the left is standing on it).

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.045.07 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo displays a quickly disappearing Pacific Great Eastern logo. Davies found it on a tool car of a track maintenance train.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.045.55 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Buntain's flag station on the eastern shore of Anderson Lake and about a mile from the depot in Seton Portage. The flag station was created in 1968.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.01 · Item · 6 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the place where a derailment occurred on the eastern switch of the Seton Portage loop. Rod linkage snapped, allowing blades to freely move and switch cars of southbound freight to either track of the loop. Image captured stock that has been removed, but Davies notes that there had been no attempt to work on the derails.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.02 · Item · 7 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an inspection automobile that was about to come off track and onto the road in order to investigate a large derailment at the switch on mile 139.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.03 · Item · [July 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the depot in Seton Portage. A northbound Dayliner of 3 Budd cars that have stopped are visible. This train ran daily from North Vancouver to Lillooet.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.04 · Item · 7 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steel-lined wreck train car that was used by work crews and consisted of a dining area, kitchen, sleeping quarters, and bathroom.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.05 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the end of the Pacific Great Eastern passing loop near the Portage River. Image captures the general view of a rail lifting train about to commence work. The train moved backwards at a slow walking pace and picked up rails. Track fastening were collected by 2 men and thrown on a flat car.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.06 · Item · [July 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts 5 attached cars which are nearest to the camera and belong to the "Bridge and Building" work train. They were set at the location for a week before travelling to Hanceville.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.07 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a ballast car that was built in 1955. Behind it was a "Bridge and Buildings" work car or a former cattle car built in 1914.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.08 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a rail lifting train slowly moving backwards and collecting rail lengths and track fastenings.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.09 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern line beside the Seton River which connects Anderson Lake and Seton Lake. The bridge to the left take the road to D'Arcy and Pemberton.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.10 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a rail lifting train consisting of a locomotive, crane, gondola car, flat, and caboose. The train was running backwards slowly and picking up train and loose track fastenings on the non-main line side of the passing loop.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.11 · Item · 2 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a close up of a rail lifting train. 65 Ibs of rails were being placed in a gondola by the crane. The work crew consisted of: a crane driver, hook onto rail men (on ground), gondola, rail positioner, 2 men collecting track fastenings found on each side of the flat care, spare men, and a supervisor.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.12 · Item · [29 July 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 2 Budd car train travelling northbound and crossing the Portage River (Seton River).

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.13 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a refrigerator car that was built in 1956. Davies notes that it was unusual, but not rare to see an old type of logo on the revenue cars. The car was used to transport weekly groceries on way freight northwards out of Vancouver to places such as Seton Portage with one store in the village.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.14 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the rear portion of a southbound way freight on the passing loop in Seton Portage. Visible is a caboose with leaf springs.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.16 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a northbound daily Budd passenger train (2-4 cars) crossing the Portage River (Seton River) over a bridge that was built three years before. The depot in Seton Portage was found 200 yards behind the camera.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.20 · Item · [29 July 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts northbound freight passing Buntain's Flag Station. The lead locomotive was derailed a week later 2 mile east of the loaction at the east end of the Seton Portage passing loop. The locomotive was built by Montreal Locomotive works and have been in service on the Pacific Great Eastern for less than 3 months.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.23 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a north, upgrade, and mainly empty freight preceded by its "checking" speeder which was about to enter a crossing loop.

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.24 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a speeder which precedes all trains and was crossing the bridge over the Portage River (Seton River).

PGE Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.046.25 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two "slave units" heading north after having been spliced into the middle of loaded southbound freight the previous day. Continous movement was performed daily.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.01 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a close up view of the rear of the locomotive #703. It was stopped at the head of a freight onn the main line portion of the loop awaiting a southbound loaded freight. Its tracks were derailed, fuel tranks ruptures and a sliver of steel from the box car was forced into its forward tracks. The left side of the cab was also sheared.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.02 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the general view of a derailment, looking eastward. The derailed locomotive #703 was found beside a squashed box car. By this time, a PGE bulldozer had prepared a road bed for the wreck.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.04 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the interchange of passengers of a northbound dayliner around the wreckage of a derailment. Two budd car units from Vancouver can been seen in the background. Passengers were being transferred to a "scratch" train assembled at Lillooet and consisting of a budd car, caboose and a diesal switcher.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.05 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the transfer of a Vancouveer to Lillooet dayliner to the unit made up at Lillooet wich consisted of a budd car, caboose and switcher. The scene of the Seton Portage derailment was found 100 yards behind the photo.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.06 · Item · [7 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a shoo-fly that had been built around the Seton Portage wreck. locomotive #703 had stood at this spot just before the switch when the cars of the southbound freight piled into it.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.07 · Item · [7 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a Pacific Great Eastern working train approaching Seton Portage. It had been diverted from the derailment to fill in a burnt out wooden culvert on the edge of Anderson Lake.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.09 · Item · [7 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a distant view of the Seton Portage wreck,. Squamish Shops crane was standing on the minor line of the loop. The crane was self-propelled and after its launch it had broken its drive axle. This was replaced by a standard axle and, therefore, was propelled by a switcher.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.10 · Item · [7 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the general view of the clean up of the derailment in Seton Portage. The track in which a speeder stands a gondola car with rolls were the two tracks of the loop. They were both severed and respliced in making the "second edition" of the shoo-fly.

PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.12 · Item · [8 Aug. 1969]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a crane #6501 in position to lift locomotive #703. It was about to re-rail one end of the locomotive. Image captured looking towards the south with the shoo-fly in the immediate foreground and Setan Lake in the background.

Site of first trainway in BC
2013.6.36.1.059.23 · Item · 5 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of the first tramway in BC that ran between Anderson Lake and Seton Lake for 1 1/4 miles and was built in 1861. It lasted for 2 years and used wooden rails. The visible piece of track bed was 70 paces southwest of the PGE depot in Seton Portage. Parts of it had been obliterated by bulldozing that took place in the centre of the village.

Site of first trainway in BC
2013.6.36.1.059.24 · Item · 5 Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of the first tramway in B.C., that ran between Anderson Lake and Seton Lake for 1 1/4 miles and was built in 1861. It is located 70 paces southwest of what is now the PGE Seton Portage depot. It was opened for trafic in July 1861 and had lasted for two years.

Bridge over Portage River
2013.6.36.1.069.09 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a bridge near the beginning of the Seton Portage to D'Arcy dirt road over the Portage River. The road was a one and half of a mile connection between the Anderson (upper) and Seton (lower) lakes.

Indian Roman Catholic Church at the mouth of Anderson Lake
2013.6.36.1.074.11 · Item · Aug. 1969
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an Indian Roman Catholic church at the mouth of Anderson Lake. No services were held anymore. It was externally restored in 1968 by the white people of the village, while the Natives did the interior. Unfortunatley, there was no work done on the interior as of the date the photograph was captured.

Horse drawn mowing machines
2013.6.36.1.080.13 · Item · [July 1966]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a horse drawn mowing machines on an Indian Reserve. The machine in the foreground was named "Champion" made by B.F. Avery and Company. The other one was named "McCormack Deering."

Lumber sledge
2013.6.36.1.080.15 · Item · Sept. 1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a lumber sledge on an Indian Reserve. It was horse drawn and looked abandoned.